Mar 21, 2013 - Sale 2308

Sale 2308 - Lot 393

Price Realized: $ 660
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(JOURNALISM--PERIODICALS.) SENGSTACKE, JOHN ABBOTT. Three enormous albums of photographs and memorabilia relating to the career of John Abbott Sengstacke, nephew of Robert Abbott, founder of the Chicago Defender. Elephant folio, well over 200 photographs etc, original cloth. Vp Vd, 1950's-60's

Additional Details

These albums were apparently assembled by John Abbott Sengstacke (1937-1997). Sengstacke was a nephew of Robert S. Abbott (1870-1940), founder of the Chicago Defender. As a result, there are many photographs in these three enormous albums of people from the world of African American publishing as well as notables from the African American community in general.